اختلج

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Arabic

Root
خ ل ج (ḵ l j)
4 terms

Verb

اِخْتَلَجَ (iḵtalaja) VIII (non-past يَخْتَلِجُ (yaḵtaliju), verbal noun اِخْتِلَاج (iḵtilāj))

  1. to quiver, to tremble, to dither, to twitch
    • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 159:
      جلبتُ ماءً مُثلجًا ومنفضة سجائر للمحامي الذي بدأ يقطف أوراق القات والسيجارة مشتعلة في فمه. أخذ ملء قبضته من الأغصان ورماها أمامي: «خزّن». أعدتها إليه: «ليس اليوم، سأخرج بعد قليل مع تاتيانا». اختلج فمه بانحراف لليمين.
      I fetched cold water and a tray for cigarettes for the lawyer who began to pluck the leaves of the qat with a cigarette in his mouth. He took a bunch of twigs and threw it before me: “Take.” I returned it: “Not today, Imma go out with Tatyana in a bit.” His mouth twitched with a tilt to the right.
  2. (figurative) to preoccupy, to possess, to cause concern

Conjugation